Equipment for an Undergraduate Field Station Laboratory to Provide On-Site Instruction in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology.

生物系非常幸运，拥有一个300英亩的野外空间站，位于主校园20英里以内。野外观测站包括许多不同的陆地和水生栖息地：草原和森林，池塘和河流。位于野外空间站的是一座实验室大楼，由一名常驻博物学家担任工作人员。通过该合同提供的实地和实验室设备使该实地考察站能够自给自足，功能更加充分。新的现场设备包括土壤和水测试工具包；实验室设备包括显微镜、天平、烘干炉和用于数据存储和分析的微型计算机。由于空间站已经有足够的宿舍空间，增加了一个设备齐全的实验室，允许学生在现场生活和进行有意义的研究。配备了设备的空间站实验室在一月份的临时学期中特别有价值，因为学生们可以在这个学期深入学习一个单一的主题。在驻地工作人员和生物系两名博士生态学家的指导下，野外站现在能够引进大量的本科生，使他们在研究生态学研究方法方面达到高度成熟。

The Biology Department is unusually fortunate in owning a 300-acre field station located within 20 miles of the main campus. The field station contains a number of different terrestrial and aquatic habitats: prairies and forest, ponds and river. Located at the field station is a laboratory building staffed by a resident naturalist. The field and laboratory equipment provided through this award are making this field station self-sufficient and more fully functional. The new field equipment includes soil and water test kits; the laboratory equipment includes microscopes, balances, drying ovens, and a microcomputer for data storage and analysis. Since the station already has adequate dormitory space, the addition of a fully equipped laboratory allows students to live and conduct meaningful research on site. The equipped station laboratory is particularly valuable during the January interim term when students may study a single topic in depth. With guidance from the resident staff and from the two Ph.D. ecologists on the Biology faculty, the field station now is able to introduce substantial numbers of undergraduates to a high degree of sophistication in studying ecological research methods.